INSIDER TIP
Winslow’s Expands Hours
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Beginning Tuesday, January 14, Winslow’s Table will offer dinner service. Operated by Michael and Tara Gallina since mid-November, the University City restaurant will serve vegetable-forward dishes similar to the couple’s other eatery, the critically acclaimed Vicia in the Central West End, as well as comfort dishes more in line with predecessor Winslow’s Home, all priced in the $16–$22 range. As at Vicia, all items will be prepared using quality ingredients from local farm partners. Wine, beer, and signature botanical beverages will be available, as well as house baked goods and ice cream from Clementine’s Creamery. Dinner service hours will be Tuesday through Saturday from 5–9 p.m. Reservations will not be accepted initially, but will be soon. In the interim, guests can use Yelp’s waiting list feature, which will also be available for breakfast and lunch service. 7213 Delmar, 314-725-7559.
HOT SPOT
Sweet Sixteen Sweets Stops
It’s one of the most popular events of the year—and always sells out. Now in its seventh year, the annual Maplewood Sweet Tooth Tour will be held on January 25 from noon to 5 p.m. at 16 different venues in Maplewood. Tasting samples include sticky rice with Thai custard, peanut butter blondes, and gooey butter bread pudding. Participating venues this year are Boardwalk Waffles & Ice Cream, Encore Baking Company, Foundation Grounds, Great Harvest Baking Company, Kakao Chocolate, La Cosecha Coffee Roasters, Living Room Coffee & Kitchen, Mystic Valley, Penzeys Spices, Schlafly Bottleworks, Strange Donuts, Thai Table, The Blue Duck, and Pie Oh My, with sweet beverages from Vom Fass and Traveling Tea. Dogs are welcome, too: Airedale Antics will provide sweet treats for your pooch. Tickets are $21 and available through Eventbrite.
MICRORANT
Lack of Greek Authenticity
While we understand why some fast-food joints must cut corners to develop certain products, a place that claims to be a Greek restaurant doesn’t have that latitude. There are standards that must be met, rules that must be followed. When the customer gets served a gyro salad with mediocre-grade, pre-formed slices of gyro meat with rounded ends that all look exactly the same—and add side pieces of ciabatta bread rather than triangles of pita—the restaurant owners should consider changing the name of the cuisine. “Greek-ish” would be more accurate. Or “Greek on the Cheap.”
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